Flights San Francisco → Salt Lake City
SFO → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from San Francisco to Salt Lake City operates with a high frequency of 909 flights, using aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, these flights experience an average delay of 18.7 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 25,752,783 passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The San Francisco (SFO) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 1197 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 962 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of SFO-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,197 tracked SFO-SLC flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SFO-SLC
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1197 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Salt Lake City is 0.67% across 1197 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
